A Secret Gift How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression

The author explains how, after he discovered a cache of letters addressed to his grandfather, he realized that the man had taken out a classified ad shortly before Christmas in Depression-scarred Canton, Ohio, offering $10, no-strings-attached, to families in need, in a book that focuses on the profound effects the gifts had on their recipients.